Sports
The games consisted of 34 events in four sports: alpine skiing, ice sledge hockey, ice sledge racing, and nordic skiing. The sport of Nordic skiing comprised two disciplines, the biathlon and cross-country skiing.
- Alpine skiing
- Sledge hockey
- Ice sledge racing
- Nordic skiing
- Biathlon
- Cross-country skiing
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